U.S. stock market indexes declined in Monday’s midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated 1.2 percent, the S&P 500 fell 1.3 percent, and the NASDAQ lost 1.4 percent. European stock markets were lower at the close of trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index lost 1.6 percent to close at 5,753. The CAC-40 in Paris […]
US Stocks Fall
Posted July 18th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes declined in Monday’s early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated eight-tenths of a percent, the S&P 500 fell seven-tenths of a percent and the NASDAQ lost six-tenths of a percent. European stock markets were lower in afternoon trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index lost nine-tenths of a percent, the CAC-40 […]
European Markets Lower at Midday
Posted July 18th, 2011 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
European stock markets were lower in midday trading Monday. London’s Financial Times 100 index was down one percent to 5,786. The CAC-40 in Paris dropped nearly one-and-one-quarter percent to 3,681. And the DAX in Frankfurt fell over one percent to 7,141. The S&P futures contract was down 11 points, indicating a lower opening for U.S. […]
Asian Markets Close Mostly Lower
Posted July 18th, 2011 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
Asian stock markets closed mostly lower Monday. Japanese markets were closed for a national holiday . Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index slipped three-tenths of a percent to end at 21,805. Elsewhere, share prices were lower in Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul, Sydney, Mumbai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Wellington. Markets inched up in Bangkok, Jakarta and Manila. The […]
Tokyo Markets Closed, Dollar Down
Posted July 18th, 2011 at 5:20 am (UTC-5)
Japanese markets were closed Monday for a national holiday . In currency trading, the dollar was selling at 79.08 yen, down slightly from late Friday. Gold was selling for $1,598.74 an ounce.
Asian Markets Lower
Posted July 18th, 2011 at 4:35 am (UTC-5)
Asian stock markets were lower in trading Monday. Japanese markets were closed for a national holiday . Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index slipped three-tenths of a percent to end at 21,805. Elsewhere, share prices were lower in Shanghai, Sydney, Taipei and Wellington. Markets edged up in Manila. The dollar was selling at 79.02 yen in […]
Tokyo Markets Closed, Dollar Down
Posted July 18th, 2011 at 2:20 am (UTC-5)
Japanese markets are closed Monday for a national holiday . In currency trading, the dollar was selling at 78.99 yen, down a tenth of a yen from late Friday. The Taipei market fell dipped four-tenths of a percent to close at 8,539.
US Stocks Rise
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes rose in Friday’s trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose three-tenths of a percent to close at 12,480. The S&P 500 gained six-tenths of a percent to end at 1,316 and the NASDAQ jumped one percent to hit 2,790. European stock markets were mixed at the close of trading. London’s Financial […]
US Stocks Advancing at Midday
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes were higher in Friday’s midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose one-tenth of a percent. The S&P 500 gained three-tenths of a percent. And the NASDAQ jumped seven-tenths of a percent. European stock markets were mixed at the close of trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index slipped less than one-tenth […]
US Stocks Move Higher at Open
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes rose in Friday’s early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced almost four-tenths of a percent. The S&P 500 rose half a percent. And the NASDAQ gained six-tenths of a percent. European stock markets were mixed in afternoon trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index gained two-tenths of a percent. The CAC-40 […]
